The Gorbachev Diagnosis
The death of Mikhail Gorbachev in August, the last leader of the Soviet Union, sent me back to an extended interview I conducted with him in 2001. Reading the transcript anew, I was struck not only by...
The energy crisis will deepen
Is today’s energy crisis as serious as similar previous ones — particularly the 1970s oil shocks? That question is being asked around the world, with consumers hit by high prices, businesses...